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Warren Hellman dies at 77; San Francisco financier, bluegrass fan
Reporting from San Francisco -- Warren Hellman, a San Francisco financier, philanthropist and bluegrass enthusiast who lavished his city with a free concert that grew into one of the nation's largest music festivals, died Sunday of complications from...Tags: Emmylou Harris, World War II (1939-1945), Billy Bragg, Levi Strauss & Co., University of California, Berkeley
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Steve Martin to score Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'
Culture MonsterThe actor-author-musician Steve Martin has been tapped to compose original folk-style music for the Shakespeare in the Park production of “As You Like It,” at the Delacorte Theater June 5 to 30.... -
Earl Scruggs, bluegrass legend, dies at age 88
Pop & HissEarl Scruggs: Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs has died at 88.... -
Pop music review: Earl Scruggs lets his banjo do the talking
Pop & HissThe 87-year-old bluegrass pioneer lets his still-impressive banjo skills (and son Gary) do the talking for him in a solid if almost rote performance. Country music deifies its elders but not always for what they have left to give. Saturday...... -
Charlie Louvin dies at 83; country singer
Charlie Louvin, the country singer whose scintillating harmonizing with his brother Ira created a distinctive template for duet singing that strongly influenced the Everly Brothers, the Beatles, the Byrds and successive generations of singers including...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Country and Western (genre), Career and Workplace, Armed Forces, Elections
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Live review: Punch Brothers string rhythmic duality at El Rey
Pop & HissThe band flexes its bluegrass, instrumental chops in a stirring set that featured opener Jon Brion. The first four songs of the Punch Brothers' show Tuesday night at the El Rey Theatre said a lot about what kind of group...... -
Inside the banjo players' studio: Ed Helms and Steve Martin talk frailing, fingering and timing
Pop & HissThis Sunday, Steve Martin headlines the final night of the Bluegrass Situation, a four-night festival curated by fellow actor and fellow banjo enthusiast Ed Helms. If it’s anything like the concert Martin did at the same festival last year, you........ -
Stagecoach: David Serby, Stealing Angels, the Cleverlys, Lukas Nelson bring twang to the desert
Pop & Hiss"You'll hear plenty of rock 'n' roll later today, trust me," Southland alt-country musician David Serby announced during his festival-opening set Saturday at the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio. That was his rationale for ambitiously diving... -
Grammy Awards: Dierks Bentley's hootenanny includes Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Dan Auerbach of Black Keys
Pop & HissNashville moved west Saturday night to the Troubadour in West Hollywood, where Dierks Bentley hosted a freewheeling pre-Grammy hootenanny studded with stars from throughout the country-music firmament. âIâd just like to say that thereâs never been a... -
PASSINGS: Mel McDaniel, Lou Gorman, Harley Allen
Mel McDaniel
Country music singer-songwriter
Mel McDaniel, 68, a husky-voiced country music singer-songwriter who had a No. 1 hit with "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," died of lung cancer Thursday at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn., the Grand Ole...Tags: Roger Clemens, Celebrities and Health Issues, Conway Twitty, Anna Nicole Smith, Country and Western (genre)
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Stagecoach: It's a frequent-riders program
Country music fans may well experience déjà vu in the desert for the 2011 Stagecoach festival. All this year's headliners are making return appearances, with Kenny Chesney topping a Stagecoach bill for the third time come Saturday.
"We'd have him every...Tags: Wanda Jackson, Rascal Flatts (music group), Celebrities and Health Issues, k.d. lang, Kenny Chesney
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Whitewater trips' raft of activities
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOutfitters offer plenty of options, with trips that focus archaeology, wildlife photography, yoga and bluegrass music. After riding the rapids of more than a dozen major streams on three continents, Bruce Legernes was looking for something a little...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Alcoholic Beverages, Chile, Weddings, Damon Jones
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